Following intelligence reports that some opposition members were plotting to eliminate Alintuma Nsambu, who is the NRM candidate in Bukoto South by election campaigns.

Nsambu is fighting against stiff smear campaign against his candidature from the Democratic Party (DP) candidate, Mathias Nsubuga, and from some members of the Buganda kingdom including Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze, Busiro East MP Merdad Lubega and Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga.

Nsambu is being witch hunted following reports that sometime back he abused the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II.

Sources in Bukoto South in Lwengo district in greater Masaka say that Nsambu is now being escorted by Uganda Police Vehicle Reg. No. UP1067.

We are told that the police vehicle is protecting Alintuma Nsambu as he dishes out ‘money’ and solicits for votes from voters. The hottest contest is between Alintuma Nsambu and DP’s Mathias Nsubuga.

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Struggling DP politician Moses Kasibante is seriously broke and he doesn’t have money to rent a house or room now. We hear that all the money he had was spent in the February 2011 parliamentary elections and on the court battles he has been battling with MP Singh Katongole.

We are also told that Kasibante is currently staying at the home of Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago in Lubaga. When he participated in the parliamentary elections, Kasibante reportedly sold his land in Butambala to run his campaigns. And when the campaigns were over, Kasibante remained too broke and he had to sell much of his household property to get money to run court battles.

Kasibante is currently utilizing all avenues to survive but with little success so far. The good news however is that the High Court recently instated him as MP. Lets pray that when he finally enters the house life would change.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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The three judges led by Constance Byamugisha cited the lack of requisite academic qualifications and voter bribery to nullify Nabeta’s election.

The judges faulted the High Court in Jinja for reaching at a wrong decision when it dismissed a petition filed against Nabeta by Paul Mwiru of the Forum for Democratic Change.

Jinja High Court Judge Monica Mugenyi on June 28th dismissed Mwiru’s petition for lack of evidence to support the petitioner’s claims of voter bribery and lack of minimum academic papers.

Mwiru lost to Nabeta in the February 2011 parliamentary elections.

But the Court of Appeal judges evaluated the evidence on record adduced by Mwiru’s lawyers, Joseph Kyazze and Ambrose Tebyasa and ruled that the National Council for Higher Education breached the law when it accepted Nabeta’s certificate of A-Level equivalent without consulting the UNEB.

The judges also addressed their mind on the bribery evidence against Nabeta and found out that it was sufficient enough to succeed in the High Court.

Mwiru had told court that Nabeta gave out compressors and wielding machines to four garages in his constituency during campaigns, which amounts to a bribe.

The judges ordered Nabeta to pay Mwiru costs of the petition.

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The electoral commission recently reinstated the Democratic Party’s Brenda Nabukenya as the genuine woman MP for Luweero district. Nabukenya had been declared the winner of the polls after the commission cancelled its earlier call for vote recount.

The National Resistance Movement candidate who was the first runner up, Rebecca Nalwanga in her application, had earlier contested the results declared by the district returning officer, Mr Peter Kasozi.

The district returning officer, Mr. Kasozi says that the vote recount was canceled because some of the ballot boxes were tampered with.

Kasozi says that Section 54 of the Parliamentary Elections Act of 2005 provides for a mandatory vote recount if the number of votes cast of the winning candidate and any other is not above 50.

By Christine Kate

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The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified his election victory over voter bribery. We have learnt that over four candidates are eying the seat. The former Vice president, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya and his main rival Kasta Hussein Bukenya are some of the candidates.

In the February parliamentary elections, Bukenya had won the race with 17,382 votes while his rival Kasta got 4,953 votes.

The electoral commission chairperson, Eng. Badru Kiggundu says that from November 11^th to 21^st the commission will be displaying the voters register.

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Mbabaali, a top official in the Democratic Party, says he is going to petition Masaka High Court again seeking the nullification of Ssekandi’s election as Bukoto Central MP on ground that the exercise was not free and fair.

Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi

Mbabbaali says that Sekandi has not fulfilled what they agreed upon before he withdrew the case recently.

The DP man alleges that Ssekandi violated the parliamentary elections Act when he used government vehicles during campaigns.

Mbabaali also alleges that Ssekandi connived with Tugume Mugisha, the former Masaka district returning officer to alter the results from KaboneraSub County, where the petitioner had allegedly defeated the VP with more than 2000 votes.

Mbabaali further accuses Ssekandi of voter bribery in Kyanamukaaka by distributing money, food and alcohol.

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